Preparing for Competency-Based Interviews

Competency-based interviews focus on how you have handled situations in the past, as a guide to how you will perform in future.

Use the STAR method

• Situation: set the scene briefly
• Task: explain what you needed to achieve
• Action: describe what you did
• Result: share the outcome, ideally with numbers

Prepare five or six strong examples you can adapt to different questions.